Post on 01-Jul-2015
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Healthcare working smarter
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What is OTN?
One of the world’s largest and most active Telemedicine networks.
An independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario.
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What is telemedicine?
Use of innovative technologies to bring clinical care and/or education to patients and health care professionals. across the province.
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Tele-diagnostic instruments
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Where is OTN?
Virtually everywhere!
Programs & services delivered collaboratively at more than 1,400 sites using 2,600 telemedicine systems.
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Telemedicine Site LocationsHospitals
First Nations Communities
Medical and Nursing Schools
Cancer Centres
Psychiatric Hospitals
ORNGE
CCO, CIHI
Professional Associations (OMA, OHA, RNAO, CPSO)
Family Health Teams
Rural Nurse Practitioners
Specialists’ Offices and Homes
Public Health Units
LHIN Offices
Long-Term Care Homes
Community Mental Health Facilities
Community Care Access Centres
Community Living Centres
Addiction Treatment Centres
Eating Disorder Clinics
Cardiac Rehab Centre
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Who uses OTN?
Physicians and allied HCPs
Health care organizations
Patients and Families
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Professional supportThe practice of telemedicine is recognized by a number of regulated health professional organizations, including:– College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO);
– College of Nurses of Ontario (CoN);
– College of Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CALSPO):
– College of Dietitians of Ontario (CDO);
– College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario (COTO);
– College of Physiotherapists of Ontario (COPO); and
– College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO).
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2011/12 Clinical Utilization
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Top Therapeutic Areas of Care: Ontario
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OTN Vision
Telemedicine will be a mainstream channel for health care delivery and
education.
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Implementing the Vision: 2015
1,000,000+ patients served, with improved access to better integrated, quality care.
40,000+ telehomecare patients annually with increased self-management skills and reduced utilization of more expensive health system resources.
25,000+ healthcare providers using telemedicine to collaborate around patient care, best practices and health education
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OTN Virtual Channels
Healthcare Office Acute Care
Learning Home & Community Care
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Healthcare office
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Types of Referrals
Family practice to specialist.
Specialist to specialist.
Referrals to allied healthcare specialists eg. nurse practitioners, dieticians, speech language pathologists.
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Specialty care use of Telemedicine
Most commonly used for initial consults & follow-ups.
Telemedicine studios at all hospitals in the province.
Majority have an on-site telemedicine coordinator to support and ensure technical quality of appointments
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Store Forward Telemedicine
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Tele-Ophthalmology & Retinal Screening
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PCVC
Personal Computer VideoconferencingPCVC is software that makes it possible for health care
providers to use videoconferencing for initial and/or follow-up patient consultations from the convenience of their personal computer.
Pilot Project targeting Consulting Physicians
Webcam + headset or noise cancellation speaker
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Patient benefits of Telemedicine
Better access to a broad range of clinical programs and services.
Timely diagnosis and treatment.
Improved health outcomes.
Reduced cost, risk and inconvenience of travel.
Care closer to home.
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2012 Patient survey results
91%
92%
96%
91%
would use telemedicine again.
were satisfied with their telemedicine visit.
could see the health care provider clearly.
could talk about the same information that they would have talked about in person.
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Physician billing
Simple, direct-to-OHIP billing.
Physician remuneration: – Fee-for-service amounts +
special telemedicine premiums.
Complete details at www.otn.ca.
Acute CareProvincial 24/7 On-call:
Tele-stroke
Sign language services
Burn
Regional Programs:
Crisis psychiatry
Critical care
Trauma
Long-term care
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Learning
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Learning via OTN
Improves access to education for HCPs in urban/rural areas.
Reduces isolation experienced by HCPs in rural/remote settings.
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Webcasting Centre
Search for webcasts by topic, presenter or date
Participate over the internet
Interact with instructors using text features
Search for webcasts by topic, presenter or date
Participate over the internet
Interact with instructors using text features
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Webconferencing
Room for up to 100 participants; unlimited hours;
Interactive tools: chat, polling, webcam video and audio.
Significant return on investment
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Webconferncing ROI Calculator
Based on OTN Webconference User Survey
*62 km average travel avoidance per participant
*$.50/km travel cost
*$31 per participant per event travel cost avoided
OTN Webconferencing
Return on Investment Calculator
Participants/Month 20
Annual Travel Cost Avoided $7,440
Enter number of participants who travel to meetings or for education here.
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Home & Community Care
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Telehomecare/CDM Study Outcomes
Self-reported data from 813 enrolled patients with CHF and COPD
64 – 66 % decrease in hospital admissions72 – 74% reduction in emergency
department visits16 – 33% decrease in number of
primary care physician visits95 – 97% reduction in walk-in clinic
visitsHigh levels of patient and provider
satisfaction
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Membership in OTN
Enables access to world’s largest collaborative community of telemedicine-enabled organizations.– Allows participation in clinical, educational & health
care administrative events.
Integrating telemedicine into your organization:– enhances delivery of care; – is a cost-effective means of providing staff
development and knowledge; and– enables you to host or attend regional and provincial
meetings.
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“Green” benefits
Use of Telemedicine resulted in:
– avoidance of more than $44M in Northern Health Travel Grants;
– avoidance of more than 208 million km of patient travel (or 5151 trips around the earth!);
– elimination of more than 57 kg of pollutant load;
– saving of 23 million L of fuel.
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OTN’s commitment to Members
Complete interoperability across Ontario.
Province-wide support for clinical, educational and administrative events via a unified technical service desk.
Contact Centre to assist with scheduling events.
A scheduling portal enabling online scheduling and studio management.
Online publication of available education events.
Webcasting services to record and view live and archived educational and administrative events.
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Training for Telemedicine
OTN provides users with comprehensive training, support and advice in:
– Network protocols, procedures & policies;
– Network management;
– Selection and deployment of video technology; – Providing clinical & educational services.
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OTN’s support services
7am to 7pm Service Desk (with after hours on-call coverage)
Scheduling
Training
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Membership fees
No Membership fees for LHIN-accountable organizations.
Some fees apply for non-LHIN accountable organizations.
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Privacy
OTN protects all personal health information consistent with the requirements of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.
For more information, you may contact OTN’s Privacy Office:– Email: privacy@otn.ca – Phone: 1-866-454-6861
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Thank you!
For additional information about OTN,
please visit
www.otn.ca